Heating-curtain.



B. E. KIGANS.

HEATING CURTAIN. APPLICATION FILED FEB. I6. I9I5.

1,159,952. Patented Nov. 9. 1915.

WTE@ STATES PATENT TFTWTQE.

BARKER E. KIGANS, 0F MARIETTA, OHIO.

HEATING-CURTAIN.

Application filed February 16, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BARKER E. KIGANS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Marietta, in the county of Washington and State of Ohio,have invented new and useful Improvements in Heating-Curtains, of whichthe following is a specification.

An object of the invention is to provide a heating curtain for use inconnection with gas or other burners, and which is so adapted to bearranged in a fire place to present a neat and eective appearance andaid in distributing or radiating heat from the flame of the burner.

rlhe invention contemplates, amongother features, the provision of acurtain which f is preferably made of sheet asbestos and con venientlycut or formed in a size which will permit of its being accommodated in afireplace. The curtain is preferably formed in strips and, being made ofasbestos, the curtain, when subjected to the heating action of the Haineof a burner, will tend to radiate and impart the heat to the room inwhich the fire-place `is located, while at the same time the curtain,when heated by the flame of the burner, will present aneat and effectiveappearance.

,In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had tothe accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, inwhich similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in allthe views, and in which:

Figure l is a front elevation of the fireplace, showing the curtainarranged therein; and Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional viewtaken on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1. y

Referring more particularly to the views, I disclose a lire-place 10having the usual back 11 and in which is arranged a preferablyhorizontal tubular burner 12 connecting with a suitable gas supply 13,the flame from the burning gas issuing from the burner 12 beingindicated by the numeral 14. The curtain, indicated by the numeral 15,is preferably formed of a single piece of asbestos, more particularlysheet asbestos, and which, folded at its medial portion, has its sidescut to provide a series of strips 1G, the medial solid portion 17 of thecurtain having suitable clamps 18 attached thereto and which may alsoencircle a horizontal Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cenSpecification of Letters Patent.

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Serial No. 8,662.

supporting bar 19 extending throughout the length of the curtain beneathits medial solid portion, with the ends of the bar projecting andsecured to the back 11 of the fire-place by hangers 20, the clamps 18being also secured to the back of the re-place to support the curtain ina depending position as shown, with the burner arranged beneath thecurtain and preferably below and between the sides thereof so that theame of the burner, issuing up between the sides, will permit of the heatpassing between the strips and thus heating a large area of the curtainso that the heat can radiate through the room. Inasmuch as the flamereceived between the sides of the curtain cannot readily pass betweenthe strips, a large amount of the heat produced by the iiame will strikedownward upon the hearth in front of the re-place and thus radiate stillanother portion of the heat through the room.

With a curtain of the character described, it has been found that alarger amount of heat can be produced in conjunction with a gas burnersuch as mentioned than with the usual gas logs or the like now generallyused, the same quantity of gas being consumed in each instance. Thus itwill be clear that the invention, aside from the neat and effectiveappearance which it will present when in use, will work a saving of fuelwhether used in conj notion with a gas burner or some other kind offuel-consuming burner adapted for the purpose of heatin rooms and thelike.

aving thus described my invention, I claim:

The combination with a fire place, of a burner located in the fireplace, a horizontal bar in the fire place and supported on the backthereof, and in spaced relation to said fire place, said bar beingdisposed above said burner, and an inverted V-shaped sheet of asbestosformed with strips and suspended from said bar in spaced relation tosaid burner.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BAKKER E. KIGANS.

Witnesses:

J. G. NrLLIsoN, MCCLELLAN NnJLrsoN.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

